The Mini-Time Machine of Miniatures

My sister had the day off from work today and I am off from school, so I surprised her with a trip to The Mini-Time Machine of Miniatures Museum which opened up here in town on October 3, 2009. As I am sure you can gather the museum contains hundreds of miniature dollhouses, furniture, and figurines. It was incredible and the only one in the United States to exist. I hope to someday have enough time to build something so amazing! Unfortunately indoor photography was not allowed, so if you want to see it, you'll have to come visit!

For More Information, visit: http://www.theminitimemachine.org/

Our First Gingerbread House

Tree came over yesterday to help finish decorating my house and to make our very first gingerbread house. I must admit that I got the easy end of the deal. Tree stayed up late and got up early to make gingerbread and frosting from scratch and I simply played assistant as she displayed her creative genius. It was a fun process and we enjoyed making it, although next time we will probably scale down the size of the house and allow it to set-up for far longer.

Hallelujah!

I had my last final today and although the semester was rough, it was much better than last. I feel confident in three of my four classes, the last one being Ochem, is a lost cause. I worked my tail off and studied very hard, but I am not optimistic.

My heart goes out to my good friend and study-buddy Becky, who needs ONLY 2nd semester Ochem to graduate. I am keeping my fingers crossed and sending out good thoughts for her!

Finals Week

Three finals down...one more to go!

The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh Away

A couple weeks back I was listening to a science fiction podcast. The guest and his hosts were discussing the new J.J. Abrams version of Star Trek and the subsequent release on Blu Ray. They were raving about how fantastic it looked and all the special features that were included with this version.

That same day I told hubby that I thought it was time to invest in a Blu Ray player and that if we happened to buy Star Trek, that would be cool.

Approximately a week later, hubby surprised me with both the Blu Ray player and Star Trek movie. I was so happy that I put my homework to the side and spent a nice, quiet evening snuggled next to hubby on the couch watching the new movie.

The very next day my iPod either got stolen or dropped out of my backpack at school.

This just goes to show that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction!

I checked the lost and found, put my name on every list, even filed a police report with UAPD, but so far, nothing. I had initially held out hope that someone would return it, but iPod's aren't exactly something people give back. Maybe someday it will turn up but for now there is some college kid walking around campus with a pink iPod engraved with my name on it and has my wedding pictures on it. I hope they can sleep at night.

I guess one good thing that came out of this is that now that I don't have an iPod, I don't have to worry about all the problems the new iTunes has caused.